Book.



W. H. RADFORD.

BOOK. APPLICATION FILED MAR.7, 1913.

Patented Mar. 24, 1911 Attorneys WET TATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILBUR H. RADFORD, OF ATHENS, OHIO.

BOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent. .Patented Mar. 24,1914.

Application filed March 7, 1913. Serial No. 752,697.

provide a book which may be bound at a" Another object of the invention is to provide a book in which the ends of the securing elements are concealed and hidden by the hinge strips of the covers.

The invention aims to improve generally and to increase the utility of, devices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

\Vith the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of in vention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawing :Figure 1 shows the book in perspective, the parts thereof being separated; Fig. 2 shows the book in assembled form; Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the book partially open; Fig. 4 is a plan of one of the washers; and Fig. 5 is atransverse section of the back of the book.

The covers of the book are denoted by the numeral 1 and are provided with hinge strips 2 which preferably are fashioned from cloth, although any other flexible material may be employed. .The hinge strips 2 are bent upon themselves, to form tongues 3 which may be reinforced along their longi-.

tudinal edges as shown at 4. Securing elements 5 which may be rods or spikes extend upwardly through the reinforced portion 4: of the tongue 3 of the lower cover 1, as shown in Fig. 3, the heads of the securing elements 5 being concealed by the lower cover. Backing strips 6 are provided, the strips 6 being made of cloth, or the like. The strips 6 are bent upon themselves along their inner longitudinal edges as shown at 7, to form a reinforcement. The leaves 8 are located between the edges 7 of the backing strips 6, and the securing elements 5 pass through said reinforced portions 7 and through the leaves 8, the leaves 8 being perforated to receive the securing elements 5. Presupposing that the book is in the position shown in Fig. 3, the upper ends of the securing elements pass through the reinforced portion 4: of the hinge strip 2 of the upper cover and washers 9 are placed around the upper ends of the securing elements 5, the washers 9 resting upon the reinforced portion 4 of the hinged strip 2 of the upper cover. The washers 9 are each provided with a central hole 10 adapted to receive one of the securing elements 5 and from the hole 10 radiate ribs 11 which serve to stiffen the washers. The upper ends of the securing elements 5 are turned over or butt-ended upon the washers 9 and when the upper cover is swung from the opened position shown in Fig. 3 to the closed position shown in Fig. 2, the washers 9 and the securing elements, at their upper ends, will be concealed.

The back of the book which is indicated at 12, may be made of wood, cardboard, or'other like material. The back 12 may be surrounded by a covering 14 of cloth or the like. The backing strips 6 are overlapped upon each other as shown at 15 and are glued to the covering 14L and to the back 12, the ends of the backing strips 6 being extended around the ends of the back 12 as shown at 16.

From the foregoing it will be seen that there is presented in this application, a book which may be bound readily, with a minimulm expense both as to labor and to materia Having thus described the invention what is claimed is 1. A book comprising a back; a flexible backing structure secured in its intermediate portion to the back and having its edges extended beyond the back; leaves located between the edges of the backing structure; a securing element passing through the leaves and engaging the edges of the backing structure; and a cover connected with the securing element.

2. A book comprising backing strips; leaves located between the edges of the backing strips; a back, the backing strips being overlapped upon, and secured to, the back; and securing elements passing through the edge of the backing strips and through the leaves.

3. A book comprising hinge strips; backing strips located between the hinge strips; leaves located between the edges of the backing strips; 7 securing elements passing through the hinge strips, the edges of the backing strips and the leaves, the hinge strips being bent to overhang the ends of the securing elements; covers assembled With the hinge strips; and a back, the backing itrilps being overlapped and secured to the ac r.

4. A book comprising backing strips; a leaf located between the edges of the backing strips; a back, the backing strips being overlapped upon, and secured to, the back; and a securing element passing through the being bent to overhang the ends of the se- I curing element; covers assembled with the hinge strips; and a back, the backing strips being overlapped upon and secured to the back.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

\VILBUR H. RADFORD.

iVitnesses J. VVILLIAMS, G. C. Soorr.

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